Pessimism over Public Affairs
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Pessimism over Public Affairs
Description
Letter, discusses foreign affairs; discusses French military.
short description
Ltr, dis foreign affairs.
year created
1797
month created
07
day created
14
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
notable person/group
James McHenry
William Vans Murray
Callier
Wolcott
Louisa Johnson
McHenry
Van Scappurt
Mountflorence
Adams
Maj. Rutledge
Hory
Lord Malmsbury
Daucain
Hocke
Anthony Davenport
Ferguson
Henderson
Gibson
Rutgers
Ogden
Wm. Coffer
CaptWilliams
Girard
Gen. Smith
Sitgreaves
Marshall
Judge Dana
Bonaparte
Friali
Pinckney
notable location
Philadelphia
Holland
Philadelphia
London
Elbe
Hanover
Prussia
Portugal
Rome
Asia
Africa
Rotterdam
Newberry
New York
Bordeaux
N.P, Rhode Island [New Port]
Charlestown, S.C. [South Carolina]
Mineral Springs
Boston
House of Salomons, Amsterdam
Spain
Batavia
Belgium
North of Italy
Italian States
Venice
America
West Indies
West Indian Islands
England
Europe
France
U.S. [United States]
G.B. [Great Brtiain]
Paris
notable item/thing
distinguished order of Carlos
windows were rotten
roof
prevent its absolute decay
tenement
subject of sale
Secretary of State
American Hotel
lodgings
cession
squadron
sailors in an engagement
efficient men employ'd to work the business
republics
monarchies
vast change in human affairs is not far distant
authority is stripped of its weight by reasoning skepticism
ignorance & superstition
dispersion of books
real & wholesome knowledge
morals
convulsions or habitual strokes of that violence
men of speculation are lost in the magnitude of that crisis
christian religion
tide of insubordination
various directions of self
new Theory of republicanism
king
prince
duke
constitution
indians
royalists
party hatred
dutch fleet
british ships at anchor
secret
diplomatic corps
Jacobianical Philosophers
clerks, servants
defend & protect her conquered or influenced allies
what the real philanthropists imagined
civil liberty
greater portion of civil liberty to Europe will tend even more than the Feudal System to enslave mankind
military despotism
Feudal times
troops to join in her meditated attack
conquest
subjugation
Roman Republic
Roman maxims
corruptions & lavishments of Europe
values of Roman alliance
Role D'Equipage
bricking part of the crew
bribery
scheme to distract
attachment in some general dread of their power
tyranny
law of Nations
Rome-like dominion, but a species of universal police and armed
military spirit
force all independent governments to be more or less military in their character
Catherine
Boisies
L'Orient
Romulus
Commissary of the Navy
discretionary power
vessels captured
exhibiting lists of captures
American traitors
vessels from our ports
French ports
Dutch ports
list of contraband
pretence
cursed note takers spoil everything
sacrifice of our domestic honor
existing engagements
the dispute on this side will assume the air of wounded sensibility
expect a flood of sentiment to heal the wound
concessions that thwart our true sovereignty
principle of Neutral Justice
corps of generals
pitched battle
skillful in the use of argument
fed
clothed & elegantly clad
generously & excessively paid
secret bonuses
expence of the unhappy country
million sterling is daily paying
ransom
mode & article of life
hypocrisy of France
Tyger has ravaged the the liberties & wealth of every nation that has been fool enough to trust
monarchy
republic
moderates or Jacobians
unequal contact of friendship or confidence
independence wil fall
terrible consequence of admitting them into confidence
permitting their approach
rock of right
united language of support
President
vindication
assertion
good lawyer
sister on her marriage
ducats
command
militia
maintain the French army
ships of the line
Hordes of St. Marc's order during a time of neutrality to the senate
original senate
maintenance of an army
plundered the pockets
quartered & shipped about from town to town
small bodies of men
plundered of immense value in silver, gold and jewels
sold to the emperor
aggrandisement
government under the nation impotent
crowned head
interests
Venetian dalmation
new commission
break your treaty or dissolve the Union
war or the abandonmentof British treaty
proposal
absolute evil
sovereignty over us
succeeds amply in her diabolical scheme
maritime possessions
act of grace
ground of war
true policy
show so handsome a conduct
rival in our opinions at the peace
present state of things being friendly
negociation ofhearts consider us as proper for ally'd dependents & under eternal obligatioins to them
great mass of people
peace
vicinity of the islands
helpless state
manifested some marks of esteem
undefined injuries
Treaty
owed our national existence
through the passions of such men who would do right
no language of concession is held by congress
indignation
parade
friendly intercourse
during the revolution & since
defeat
directory
public get an ungarbled edition
line of conduct which a profound wd dictate to the directory
accustomed vigilance
sent a copy (manuscript)
cordial to me
evinced a friendship of which I never doubted & consoled my jaded mind
prospect of better opinions in my own country
better state of public affairs
speech
kindness of the bankers who always get intelligence very early
views of these exceedingly money loving politicians
private wealth
conveyance of ministers and dispatches
document number
1797071440001
page start
1
number of pages
19
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (35 pages) | AIA16 (35 pages) | Collection: Autographs of American Presidents, Statesmen, and Generals. | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Vans Murray | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |